Let's keep the win streak going: Magic @ Washington (7:00)

npiper17 · Post #141 » by **npiper17** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:16 am

What a complete joke. If that isn’t goaltending what is?!

prizm · Post #142 » by **prizm** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:17 am

Lol brooks about to kill oubre

fendilim · Post #143 » by **fendilim** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:17 am

Have a feeling we're playing Isaac after the deadline, when we free up more playing time.

Post #144 » by **Bensational** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:17 am

One thing I love about Mario is that even in moments like this during a game he never gives up. He’ll always sprint the ball upcourt even if we’re down 7 with under 30 seconds to play.

npiper17 · Post #145 » by **npiper17** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:17 am

FFBlitzace wrote:I understand that the ball hit the rim, but it was still over the basket. I'm absolutely flabbergasted by that call.

Can’t understand it unless they’ve changed the rules. It doesn’t have to be in the cylinder if it’s course is yet to be determined.

DjPuffnStuff · Post #146 » by **DjPuffnStuff** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:20 am

When was the last time the Magic had 3 players score 20 points that weren't named Gordon, Vuc, or Fournier?

Post #147 » by **Bensational** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:20 am

Does anyone else reckon Simmons looks a bit like Wall?

Post #148 » by **Howard Mass** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:22 am

Good effort tonight but enough.

fendilim · Post #149 » by **fendilim** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:24 am

npiper17 wrote:
FFBlitzace wrote:I understand that the ball hit the rim, but it was still over the basket. I'm absolutely flabbergasted by that call.

Can’t understand it unless they’ve changed the rules. It doesn’t have to be in the cylinder if it’s course is yet to be determined.

after it hit the rim, the trajectory of the ball is going away from the basket...

fendilim · Post #150 » by **fendilim** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:25 am

You know we're **** when this is like he most competitive game we've played in the last week or so, and Biz is the scoring leader. haha

prizm · Post #151 » by **prizm** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:26 am

Damn... thought we had that w... spoke way too soon

But it's games like this I won't be so upset... the team had good ball movement and fought till the very end...

Post #152 » by **SOUL** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:27 am

Evan is like a 3rd or 4th scoring option at best lately. I honestly think Mario has a way higher offensive ceiling.

Or he's hurt or something.

Post #153 » by **FFBlitzace** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:27 am

Do they still do the last 2 minute reports? I'm curious to see if that goaltend call gets backed up. I mean, I just don't understand what rule they're citing there to call that a good block. The funny thing is, if they want to rule it as not being a goaltend, then that's not even a block. It hit rim, thus making it a live ball, and it's a rebound for whoever comes up with it, with no possibility for a block to be recorded. So by overturning the goaltend call, you can't credit Wall with a block, but that's exactly what they did. So it's extra confusing to understand how they ruled it the way they did. Because it hit rim, we no longer care about its upward or downward path, but we do still care about its position relative to the cylinder. And it was definitely in there.

prizm · Post #154 » by **prizm** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:36 am

FFBlitzace wrote:Do they still do the last 2 minute reports? I'm curious to see if that goaltend call gets backed up. I mean, I just don't understand what rule they're citing there to call that a good block. The funny thing is, if they want to rule it as not being a goaltend, then that's not even a block. It hit rim, thus making it a live ball, and it's a rebound for whoever comes up with it, with no possibility for a block to be recorded. So by overturning the goaltend call, you can't credit Wall with a block, but that's exactly what they did. So it's extra confusing to understand how they ruled it the way they did. Because it hit rim, we no longer care about its upward or downward path, but we do still care about its position relative to the cylinder. And it was definitely in there.

I was sure they were going to call goaltending on that and thinking that was going to be the game changer... my 50% chance of winning went down to 5% after that bs from the refs

OrlandoDream · Post #155 » by **OrlandoDream** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:37 am

Us and Atlanta are quickly separating ourselves from the tank very quickly.

prizm · Post #156 » by **prizm** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:45 am

Even with vooch out... this team is really talented to win a lot of games... I think Vogel lost the team a long time ago and the record is the result... there seems to be no system for the team to follow also...

What do people think about Whittman or forcier taking over soon... can they keep up the tank or will it spark some kind of fire into the players and ruin the tank...

GameOver25 · Post #157 » by **GameOver25** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:57 am

Brooklyn won, but that's ok, at least we have firm position on 2nd worst team. We really need Memphis to beat Denver though.

DjPuffnStuff · Post #158 » by **DjPuffnStuff** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:57 am

SOUL wrote:Evan is like a 3rd or 4th scoring option at best lately. I honestly think Mario has a way higher offensive ceiling.

Or he's hurt or something.

Maybe the trade rumors spooked him?

Post #159 » by **SOUL** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:59 am

DjPuffnStuff wrote:
SOUL wrote:Evan is like a 3rd or 4th scoring option at best lately. I honestly think Mario has a way higher offensive ceiling.

Or he's hurt or something.

Maybe the trade rumors spooked him?

He has huge trouble getting separation anymore. The only plays he gets easy buckets is when he is cutting and Elfrid finds him. Anything else is just a really tough shot which he makes sometimes.

DjPuffnStuff · Post #160 » by **DjPuffnStuff** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:04 am

SOUL wrote:
DjPuffnStuff wrote:
SOUL wrote:Evan is like a 3rd or 4th scoring option at best lately. I honestly think Mario has a way higher offensive ceiling.

Or he's hurt or something.

Maybe the trade rumors spooked him?

He has huge trouble getting separation anymore. The only plays he gets easy buckets is when he is cutting and Elfrid finds him. Anything else is just a really tough shot which he makes sometimes.

Agreed. Maybe he is injured like you said. What was his last injury? Quad?